Rain fell, thunder roared, lightning flashed.

Meaning: This sentence describes a powerful and dramatic storm, with rain pouring down, thunder rumbling loudly, and lightning illuminating the sky with its brilliant flashes.

Choice of Words: Rain is water falling from the sky, fell means dropped down, thunder is the loud noise that happens during a storm, roared means made a loud, deep sound, lightning is a bright flash of light in the sky during a storm, flashed means appeared suddenly and briefly.

Alternative Expressions

The rain poured, the thunder boomed, the lightning crackled.

Meaning: This sentence also describes a storm. The rain is falling heavily, the thunder is making a loud noise, and the lightning is making a sharp, snapping sound.

Choice of Words: Poured means to fall heavily or in large amounts. Boomed means to make a loud, deep sound. Crackled means to make a sharp, snapping sound.

The rain cascaded, the thunder clapped, the lightning danced.

Meaning: This sentence describes a storm in a more poetic way. The rain is falling in a waterfall, the thunder is making a loud, sharp sound, and the lightning is moving quickly and gracefully.

Choice of Words: Cascaded means to fall in a waterfall or in a series of small waterfalls. Clapped means to make a loud, sharp sound by hitting two things together. Danced means to move quickly and gracefully.

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